“Philip Roth once said that literature is not a beauty pageant in morality. And anyway, human character is a mixed bag of beauty and cruelty, ideals and absurdities, understanding and forgiveness, self-indulgence and bitterness. Nina Mitrović is all too aware of these layers in this intimist phase of hers. Her dramas are deeply moving and tragic, but nothing is lost in despair. The Encounter is a complex play with powerful acting and gradual emotional dismantling; cumbersome and relentless, stubborn in its obsoleteness.

Anđela Vidović (Arteist)

History of the festival

The International Small Scene Theatre Festival was founded in Rijeka in 1994 as a Croatian festival. Under the guidance of its founder, the actor Nenad Segvic and its first selector – the theatre critic Dalibor Foretic, its aim was to assemble the best and most progressive performances of chamber theatre, most often produced by independent theatre groups.More…